Moët & Chandon’s 2004 Grand Vintage Rosé: A private tasting of the prolific French domaine’s newest vintage with oenologist Elise Losfelt

Moët & Chandon's 2004 Grand Vintage Rosé


With summer underway, kicking back with a chilled glass of rosé is a great way to beat the heat. As much as we enjoy imbibing sparkling wines of the Champagne region, we’re equally interested in the scientific and gastronomic process behind their…

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Interview: Ben Gravy of Quaffing Gravy: The founder of UK’s new craft beer talks about turning an idea into an easy-drinking pale ale

Interview: Ben Gravy of Quaffing Gravy


by Gavin Lucas With a logo drawn by a tattoo artist and screen-printed directly onto its bottles, new UK beer brand Quaffing Gravy is guaranteed to stand out in the UK’s burgeoning craft beer scene. The…

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Cecil & Merl Cherry Bitters: Juicy bitters destined to elevate summer cocktail-making adventures

Cecil & Merl Cherry Bitters


Launched in 2012, the company name Cecil & Merl honors the two “sweet-tooth” patriarchs of the founders’—Deborah Williamson and Bryan Calvert—families. Together, Williamson and Calvert began their business with rustic cheesecakes—lemon ricotta, mango, dulce de leche and…

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Postmates Mobile Delivery App: Nearly anything you need delivered to your door in under an hour, by a real person

Postmates Mobile Delivery App


In many major cities, using bike messengers and services like Seamless can be a daily occurrence. Add in less-specialized services like TaskRabbit, and the odds of getting nearly anything delivered are in your favor. But for those…

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Kuhn Rikon Corn Twister: A safe, hassle-free tool designed to strip fresh kernels off the cob for your summer recipes

Kuhn Rikon Corn Twister


Grilled corn on the cob is a summer BBQ staple, but fresh corn “off” the cob can be even more versatile, adding color and sweetness to any dish from breakfast to dinner. Providing an alternative to the cumbersome, messy and semi-risky method of…

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Our Perfect Vesper, In the Gloaming: Our twist on the martini’s bigger, bolder cousin

Our Perfect Vesper, In the Gloaming


Sponsored content: For the summer season, a Vesper cocktail—kin to the classic martini—provides enough potent refreshment to keep the dog days away. Born of the imagination that brought James Bond into the world, the Vesper pairs vodka with gin. Both…

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Underground Food Collective: The Midwest’s premier culinary crew keeps its staff at the forefront and its provisions local

Underground Food Collective


Deep in the American heartland, an unconventional answer to the modern food system is steadily gaining momentum. Breaking many conventions of the food industry, Madison, Wisconsin’s Underground Food Collective (UFC) defies category. Originally a non-profit focused…

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Thank You For Coming: LA’s innovative approach to eating with eccentric chef-artist collaborations

Thank You For Coming


by Mya Stark It’s not an exaggeration to say we’re living in a golden age of the art of food. Handcrafted, molecularized, sourced from every corner of the globe or as close as our own backyards, the contemporary flourishing of creativity in the…

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Word of Mouth: Cairo: Sailing, cocktails and watching the sun set between the pyramids in the metropolis on the Nile

Word of Mouth: Cairo


by Laila Gohar While Egypt continues to make headlines for a revolution which led to the ouster of a nearly 30-year-old political regime, the sprawling megacity has a thriving underground scene that beats and buzzes with energy around the clock. The city—once a cultural hub for the region—is a marriage…

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Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat: Two chocolatiers combine Vietnamese ingredients with traditional French methods for award-winning bars

Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat


Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat is appealing at first for its sweet packaging, but even more so for what’s inside. Two French chocolatiers, whose names together make Marou, created the first “bean to bar” single-origin chocolate company…

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